Vegetable-cutter



.l. GULLA.

VEGETABLE CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, I920.

Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

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J. GULLA.

VEGETABLE CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED MAY20,1920.

Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

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JOHN GULLA, 0F WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

VEGETABLE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 16, 1920.

. Application filed May 20, 1920. Serial No. 382,898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN GU'LLA, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Wilkes-Barre, in the county of Luzerne and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVegetable-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has for its object to provide a device for cuttingor slicing vegetables or other articles and is especially designed forhousehold use, the article to be sliced being fed forwardly by a tensionfeed plate for contact with one face of a revolving disk, upon whichface slicing knives are positioned.

A further object of the invention is to provide a vegetable cutter of atype especially designed for slicing cabbage with a controllabletensioned plate for feeding the cabbage to position for-slicing.

With the above general objects in view and others that will appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several Views,

Figure 1 is a top plan view, partly in section of a vegetable cutterconstructed in accordance with the present invention,

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same, partly in section to showthe tensioned pin for retaining the presser plate in retractedinoperative position,

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on line IIIIII of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the tensioned feed plate removed fromthe machine, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the adjustable block for regulating thetension on the feed plate.

Briefly described, the present invention embodies a machine, especiallydesigned for household use in the slicing of cabbage or other vegetablesand embodies a base section upon the forward edge of which a diskprovided with cutting blades upon one face is journaled. A clamping armis associated with the base plate for securing the same to a table orother support. A feed plate emprovided for engagement with the arms ofthe feed plate to hold the feed plate retracted against the tensionthereon.

Referring more in\detail.to the accompanying drawings, there isillustrated a vegetable slicer embodying a frame structure formed of abottom wall 6, side walls 7 and a forward relatively narrow connectingtop wall 8-, the side walls 7 adjacent the top wall 8 being of increasedheight while the rear ends of the side walls 7 terminate as at 7slightly spaced from the rear end of the bottom wall 6. A mounting clamp9 is earned by the frame structure and includes a clamping screw 10 forsecuring the device to a suitable support such as a table.

A cutting wheel 11 is associated with the forward end of the bottom wall6 and is journaled upon a stub shaft 12 that is fixed in the bearing13carried by the bottom wall 6, as shown in Fig. 2. The wheel 11 is ofsolid construction and has formed therein a plurality of radiallyextending slots 14, while the inner face of the wheel 11 adjacent thesupporting frame and in proximity of the slotted openings 14 is recessedto provide seats for the cutting blades 15 that are anchored in theseats by suitable fastenin devices 16. A handle 17 is carried by-tlwheel 11 to effect rotation of the wheel durin%the cutting operation.

evices are provided for feeding the articles to be sliced to a positionfor engagement with the rear face of the wheel 11 and the knives carriedthereby and include a plate 18 of the form best illustrated in Fig. 4,being rectangular in shape and carrying side arms 19 with apertured bentends 20. extending outwardly therefrom. As shown more clearly in Fig. 3,the inner faces of the side walls 7 are longitudinally slotted as at 21to provide guides for the side arms 19, the feed plate 18 being of asize to fit within the side walls 7 and to be fed forwardly between saidside walls and the bottom and top walls 6 and 8 respectively. A handle22 is carried by the rear face of the plate 18 and by which the platemay be manually retracted. Adjustable springs are associated with thefeed plate for movin the same forwardly toward the cuttingw eel 11 andinclude the provision of an opening 23 formed in each side wall 7 andextending from a point adjacent the forward edge thereof through therear inclined ends 7 as shown in Fig. 1. The outer faces of the walls 7as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 are slotted as at 24 coextensive with theopenings 23, the slots communicating with the openings and adjustablyarranged within each slot is a cylindrical block 25 shown in detail inFig. 5 carrying a pair of alined screws 26 that freely project throughthe slots 24: for the reception of thumb nuts 27 upon the outer endsthereof. An eye 28 is carried by one end of each block 25 and hasconnected thereto a coil spring 29 freely disposed within the adjacentopening 23 and projecting through the rear inclined end 7 of the sidewall for connection with the apertured bent end 20 of the adjacent platearm 19.

In placing an article in the machine to be sliced, the handle 22 of thefeed plate 18 is grasped and the plate and arms 19 move rearwardlyagainst the tension of the springs 29, the blocks 25 having beenanchored in the wall openings 23. A tensioned pin 30 is carried by therear end of each side wall 7 and extends downwardly for reception in anopening 31 in the side arm 19 for holding the side arms and plate 18retracted against the tension of the springs 29.

With the plate retracted and so retained as described, an article to besliced such as cabbage or other vegetables is placed upon the bottomwall 6 and the pins 30 are then elevated to remove the same from theopenings 31 in the plate arms 19, at which time the springs 29 willfunction to move the plate 18 forwardly into engagement with the articleand to move the article forwardly upon the bottom wall 6 and beneath thetop wall 8 for engagement with the inner face offlthe cutting wheel 11.By grasping the crank handle 17 and rotating the wheel 11, the cuttingblades 15 carried by the inner face of the wheel will slice thevegetable and cause the sliced portion thereof to be delivered throughthe adjacent wheel opening 14 for deposit in a receptacle. A tensionupon the springs 29 is varied by adjusting the blocks 25 in the openings23, which is accomplished by loosening the set screws 27 and shiftingthe blocks in the desired direction.

While there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment ofthe invention,

it is nevertheless to be understood that minorchanges may be madetherein without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventionasclaimed.

. l/Vhat is claimed as new is 1. A vegetable cutter comprising a frameembodying a bottom wall, side walls and a top wall, a cutting wheeljournaled at, the forward end of the frame, the inner faces of the sidewalls having guide slots therein, a feed plate positioned between theside walls, side arms carried by the feed plate extending into the wallslots for guiding the movements on said plate, the side walls havingcylindrical openings therein, blocks adjustably mounted in saidopenings, and coil springs extending between said blocks and the rearends of said side arms for tens-ioning the feed plate to move the sameforwardly.

2. A vegetable cutter comprising a'frame embodying a bottom wall, sidewalls and a top wall, a cutting wheel journaled at the forward end ofthe frame, the inner faces of the side walls having guide slots therein,afeed plate positioned between the side walls, side arms carried by thefeed plate extending into the wall slots for guiding the movements onsaid plate, the side walls having cylindrical openings therein, blocksadjustably mounted in said openings, coil springs extending between saidblocks and the rear ends of said side arms for tens'ioning the feedplate to move the same forwardly, and tensioned pins carried by the sidewalls and adapted for engagement with the side arms of the plate forholding the plate and arms retracted against the tension of the springs.

3. A vegetable cutter comprising a frame formed of bottom, side and topwalls, the side walls having longitudinal openings therein and oppositeslots extending to the outer sides of the side walls, a cutting wheeljournaled at the forward end of said frame, a feed plate slidablymounted in the inwardly positioned slots, coil springs positioned inthecentral openings and connected at their rear ends to the rear end of thefeeding plate, means adjustably sli'dable within said openings connectedto the forward ends of said springs and extending through the outwardlypositioned slots, and means associated with the outwardly projectingportions of said blocks for holding the same rigidly positioned withinsaid openings.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN GULLA.

